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This is an illustration of a child playing with building blocks.

Featured Psychology

·July 1, 2013·3 min read

Children With Delayed Motor Skills Struggle More Socially

A new study suggests a corresponding lack of motor skills may contribute to social awkwardness.

The fMRI image shows the elevated activity in the amygdala in children with depression.

Featured Psychology

·July 1, 2013·3 min read

Brain Differences Seen in Depressed Preschoolers

The amygdala, an area of the brain which regulates emotion, works differently in preschoolers with depression compared to their health peers, a new study suggests.

This is a fMRI image taken during working memory tasks.

Featured Neuroscience

·June 27, 2013·4 min read

A Look Inside Children’s Minds

Using optical neuroimaging, researchers gain a better understanding of visual working memory in young children.

This MRI highlights the thalamus in the brain.

Autism Featured

·June 25, 2013·2 min read

A Deep Brain Disorder

Researchers identify that the connectivity between the thalamus and cerebral cortex is impaired in children with autism.

This is an image of the interneurons discussed in the research. The caption best describes the image.

Featured Open Neuroscience Articles Psychology

·June 24, 2013·4 min read

Genes Involved in Birth Defects Could Lead to Mental Illness

Mutations of the Dact1 gene, which leads to major birth defects, may also cause subtle disruptions in the brain which contribute to the development of psychiatric disorders, according to new research.

The image shows a complete neuron cell diagram.

Featured Neuroscience

·June 21, 2013·2 min read

Study Shows a Solitary Mutation Can Destroy Critical ‘Window’ of Early Brain Development

New research shows brain damage caused by the loss of a single copy of a gene during early neurodevelopment can cause a permanent behavioral and intellectual problems.

The illustration shows the brain differences between normal reading and dyslexic children performing a rhyming task.

Featured Genetics

·June 13, 2013·3 min read

Researchers Unravel Genetics of Dyslexia and Language Impairment

Researchers identified genetic variants that can predispose children to dyslexia and language impairment. The study could allow for earlier diagnosis and more successful interventions for language impairment disorders.

Featured Psychology

·June 12, 2013·4 min read

Dad’s Life Stress Exposure Can Affect Offspring Brain Development

Researchers have shown stress on preadolesecent and adult male mice induced an epigenetic mark in their sperm which reprogrammed their offspring's HPA axis, a region the the brain which governs stress response.

The image shows a child holding a sign with the word autism written on it.

Autism Featured Open Neuroscience Articles

·June 11, 2013·3 min read

Researchers Provide the First Comprehensive and Prospective Characterization of a Genetic Subtype of Autism

Researchers provide new evidence for the severity of motor, intellectual and speech impairments in Phelan-McDermid Syndrome, a sub-type of autism characterized by a mutation of the SHANK3 gene.

The image highlights the location of the corpus callosum in the brain.

Featured Neurology

·June 10, 2013·3 min read

Reduced Brain Volume in Kids with Low Birth Weight Tied to Academic Struggles

Analysing recent MRI data of adolescents who were born with low birth weight, researchers tie smaller brain volumes to poor academic achievement.

The image shows the differences in the brain scans between the breast fed and formula fed babies.

Featured Neuroscience

·June 6, 2013·4 min read

Breastfeeding Benefits Babies’ Brains

Using MRI brain imaging, researchers discover babies which are only breastfed have improved brain development over those who are fed with a combination of formula and breast milk, or those formula fed alone.